Role: Business Development Manager
Location: Stretford
Hours: Monday Friday 9:30am 6:00pm
Pay: £40,000 - £45,000 per year
We re hiring for a Business Development Manager to join an established and growing organisation in Stretford.
In this role, you ll take the lead in building new relationships, identifying fresh opportunities, and driving business development activity across a range of creative and technical projects.
What s on offer?
- Competitive Salary
- Monday Friday 9:30am 6:00pm
- 23 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Birthdays off
- Healthcare plan
- Mileage and food allowance
- Enhanced pension scheme
What will you be doing as a Business Development Manager?
- Driving revenue growth by identifying new commercial opportunities
- Building strong client relationships to secure repeat business
- Representing the company at industry events and networking functions
- Leading lead generation and client outreach campaigns
- Supporting the tendering and proposal process in collaboration with internal teams
- Maintaining a healthy pipeline of future clients
- Reporting on development activity to senior leadership
- Mentoring and supporting colleagues as the team grows
- Feeding back ideas to the directors for business improvement and innovation
What do you need?
- Proven experience in a similar business development role
- Knowledge of the events sector (live music, theatre, exhibitions, etc.)
- A commercially strategic mindset with strong negotiation skills
- Confidence working in both client-facing and internal stakeholder environments
- The ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
- Experience in an asset-based business (desirable)
- IT proficiency and openness to new technologies
Apply today or speak with Jack Kitchin at KPJ Group for more information between 9:00am 5:00pm Monday Friday.
KPJ Group are a specialist Recruitment Consultancy with more than 50 years of experience delivering staffing solutions. We treat each application with a high degree of care however due to the high volume of applications are sometimes unable to contact all individuals. If you do not hear from us within 5 days of submitting your application, please assume that unfortunately you have not been shortlisted.